Ramblin' Jack Elliott - Buskin' lyrics

In Carolina it's a tradition That if somebody's playing music you help him out And ah, the nearest available farmer would shake down all his neighbors And say "Hey, let's help these guys out" And he took his hat off and go around and collect up a bunch of money We'd maybe get four or five dollars and somebody's hat Throw up the gas tank and get a quarter milk and some crackers and head out! We'd did that all summer in 1953 We call that "Buskin'" It's from the Spanish "Buscar", to search